title: Case report: Ovarian cavernous haemangioma presenting as a heavily calcified adnexal mass.
abstract: Haemangioma is an extremely rare tumour of the ovary. We describe the CT and MRI findings of a heavily calcified ovarian haemangioma in a 69-year-old woman presenting with adnexal torsion. CT showed a well-circumscribed mass with extensive punctate calcifications, located posterior to the uterus. MR images showed dark signal intensities of the mass on both T(1) and T(2) weighted images, with poor enhancement of the mass on contrast-enhanced T(1) weighted images. MR images also demonstrated a beak-like protrusion from the adnexal mass, representing the adnexal torsion. This is the first case report of a heavily calcified ovarian haemangioma in the English literature. Although rare, ovarian haemangioma should be included in the differential diagnosis of a heavily calcified adnexal mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seocho-Ku, Seoul, Korea
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Rha
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Byun
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed